The Associated Press is reporting that Federal Prosecutors have filed conspiracy charges against a part-owner of two information technology firms and an employee for fraudulently using the H-1B program.
Prosecutors said the conspirators falsely represented that the foreign workers had full-time positions and were paid an annual salary. They said the workers were only paid when placed at a third-party client and the defendants sometimes generated false payroll records. The defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud and obstruct justice and conspiracy to harbor aliens. They face up to 15 years in prison if convicted on all counts.
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Federal Prosecutors Actually Charge an IT Firm with H1-B Visa Fraud
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by davester666 on Friday September 30 2016, @08:01AM
bribe the right batch of politicians.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @08:38AM
So, Palantir and Petra Theil again, have we?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @02:06PM
My first thought was "Wonder who he pissed off", but yours is close enough.
(Score: 2) by PizzaRollPlinkett on Friday September 30 2016, @11:17AM
The part I don't understand is why the linked article is incomplete with a big "SEE FULL ARTICLE" button. Why would any site deliberately hide their content!?
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(Score: 4, Interesting) by Thexalon on Friday September 30 2016, @11:48AM
Because that way, they know how many people wanted to read past the first paragraph. It's for tracking purposes, in other words.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 4, Informative) by butthurt on Friday September 30 2016, @12:06PM
With Javascript turned off, I don't see that. I see a ten-paragraph article ending in "... up to 15 years in prison if convicted on all counts."
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Saturday October 01 2016, @02:03AM
I could have written more clearly: I have Javascript turned off, and I don't see that (I didn't look with Javascript enabled).
(Score: 2) by meustrus on Friday September 30 2016, @01:47PM
So basically the staffing firm didn't want to have to pay to keep them on staff at all times, but also didn't want to send them back to their home countries. Sounds like a pretty reasonable plan to me. I guess we're in the business of punishing people that don't use the H-1B system to exploit their foreign-born employees.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Saturday October 01 2016, @02:27AM
The article says "the workers were only paid when placed at a third-party client" so it sounds as though they were working only intermittently. I assume that the terms of their visas prohibited these labourers from taking on other work while they awaited a call from the agency. So, it appears to me, they travelled to a foreign country to work, yet they couldn't count on a steady income. I don't know whether the agency informed the workers beforehand that that would be the situation. My suspicion is that they did not. And you don't consider that exploitation...SMH.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @02:54PM
I want to believe!
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Fnord666 on Friday September 30 2016, @03:02PM
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 30 2016, @04:12PM
Why is SN condemning this action? Assuming it is true (remember, innocent until proven guilty), then this is absolutely reprehensible behavior and should be prosecuted.
Personally I'm more concerned with a different type of H1-B visa fraud (not-hiring, or outright firing, legal workers just to get H1-B workers for cheaper). However, the type of fraud described in this article should also be prosecuted.
Think of it this way. You have a daughter who never cleans her room. One day she ends up cleaning the area around her desk and goes to you to brag about her achievement. Do you tell her, "that's dumb, you should clean the whole room!" or do you tell her "good job, I'm proud of you, next time let's see if we can get the bed, too!"